Both the dynasties have flourished during the medieval Hindu India. The Pratiharas were the important dynasty of middle age north India. The line of Harichandra rules in Mandor, marwar(present day Jodhpur, Rajasthan) in the 6th-9th century, generally with feudatory status. The line of Nagabhata ruled first at Ujjain and later at Kannauj in the 8th-11th century. This line is generally considered the more of its territory. The last important Pratihara king was driven from Kannauj by Mahmud of Ghazna. Other Gurjara lines existed, but they did not take the surname Pratihara.